AT#964 - Lake Constance Bike Trip (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Hear about traveling to Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as the Amateur Traveler discusses a biking trip around the lake to explore its historic, cultural, and natural sites. The Lake Constance International Tourism Board sponsored this trip. Day 1 – Arrival in Constance, Germany Flew into Zurich, train to Constance. Quick city tour: Roman history dating back to Caesar Augustus, Council of Constance (resolved the Papal Schism). Began biking to Reichenau Island (UNESCO World Heritage Site): monasteries, vineyards, Romanesque churches, small museum of monastic culture. Dinner on Reichenau, returned by boat to Constance. Overnight: Hotel Constantia. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/lake-constance-bike-trip/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	And thanks to Smart Travel and NerdWallet for sponsoring this episode of Amateur Traveler.
1:05.3	Amateur Traveler Episode 964.
1:09.3	Today, Amateur Traveler talks about monasteries and vineyards, gardens and Teutonic
1:15.1	Knights, Zetlands, and prehistoric pile dwellings as we go to Lake Constance in Germany, Austria,
1:23.9	and Switzerland. This is Chris Christensen from Amateur amateur traveler. Let's talk about Lake Constance.
1:32.2	This is another solo episode because it is again some of my travels in this time, a trip that I did with
1:39.0	the Lake Constance Tourism Board, a biking trip around Lake Constance, as I said, in Germany, Switzerland, and
1:46.3	Austria. I don't know if Lake Constance is on your radar, but I'm going to make an argument
1:51.8	here that it really should be. I thought it was just an amazing destination. You don't have to do
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